Due to the failing health of my grandmother, I recently found myself back in the part of the country that I spent the first 31 years of my life. Whilst in the area I also had, and took advantage of, the opportunity to meet up with two families that I had grown close to in … Continue reading Acceptance and Understanding: Further Reflections on Chosen Family
Everything Falls Away: My Experiences Falling in Love
As I mentioned in another recent post, I have recently found myself "catching feelings" and falling in love again. I am not only trying to enjoy the natural chemical driven high but also to analyze it a little closer this time around. Part of my want to do this is the fact that this is … Continue reading Everything Falls Away: My Experiences Falling in Love
Falling in Love: Every Time is the First Time.
Love is infinite; time is not. This is a basic belief that I hold and it heavily impacts my my philosophy regarding relationships. I live a polyamorous lifestyle. For those who don't already know, polyamory roughly translates to "Multiple loves". In this case it means that I and my partners are free to love and … Continue reading Falling in Love: Every Time is the First Time.
Behind the Avatar: A Look at Virtual Interactions and Their Very Real Impact
As the internet age has rolled on, online interactions of various types have become extremely common place. Whether you spend your spare time as an orc, elf, dwarf or some other fantasy race or you simply talk to friends on social media platforms, you're interacting in a space where you can be relatively comfortable. You … Continue reading Behind the Avatar: A Look at Virtual Interactions and Their Very Real Impact
Chosen Family: Redefining the Biology Dictated Notion of Kinship
For longer than anyone alive can possibly remember families have most commonly and almost solely been defined by genetic commonality and marital bonds. But, as with most things, that definition and the functions associated with it are becoming antiquated and being revealed as very narrow-minded and in some cases also quite damaging. From the time … Continue reading Chosen Family: Redefining the Biology Dictated Notion of Kinship